Not really, there are folks on the list who go back way farther than I do. But digital has brought computer kids into photography who couldn't have cared less about it otherwise. What I find interesting is all those who report their dad bought them their first camera. My dad had a TLR of some sort, but it was strickly a "don't touch this" thing. Boy did I ever pick the wrong parents...
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Tom C wrote: > O.K. YOU WIN! > > Tom C. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Your first camera > Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:41:31 -0400 > > Mine took 100 round pictures on a roll. No, wait, that was grandpa's. My > first camera took 8 rectangular pictures on a roll and folded up to fit > in my back pocket. Yes, that sounds correct. My mother had one just like > it that she got as a high school graduation present in 1935 or so, but > she would not let me touch it. Mine was given to me by a lady up the > street whose lawn I mowed for a buck after school from about the 4th or > 5th grade. It was certainly older than I was by 8-10 years. But it was a > real camera with 3 or 4 f-stops and 3 shutter speeds. Not like those > plastic ones the other kids had that only had one f-stop and one shutter > speed. It was made by a now little known company called Kodak. Took 620 > Varichrome film, no not not Varichrome Pan, Varichrome! > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Jens Bladt wrote: > > Foregive me if you had this thread before. > > I believe it's kinda fun to look back, especially if it involves > pictures: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/269112157/ > > My first camera was a Agfa Clack. I believe it was 1958 or 1959. 20 years > > befor I got my first Pentax: An MX - that was in 1981. > > Regards > > > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > +45 56 63 77 11 > > +45 23 43 85 77 > > Skype: jensbladt248 > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: > 10/13/2006 > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
